luca starts in Frankfurt: GASTROTECH solution for restaurants and guests

• Frankfurters can now use Lucas's GastroTech solution in their first restaurants, discover them via the app, reserve a table and pay digitally.
• All functions were developed together with restaurateurs and service staff to make their everyday lives easier and to digitize processes in the catering industry.
• Since the payment function was launched last year, 200,000 payments have already been processed via Luca. The launch of the luca app in additional cities is planned.

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Starting today, luca is increasing the activity of its GastroTech solution in the catering hub of Frankfurt am Main. Users can now use the luca app to discover local restaurants, reserve tables and pay their bill digitally. The first restaurants in downtown Frankfurt are already there, and other restaurateurs can register now.

At the start, 750,000 Frankfurters and more than 250,000 daily commuters will be able to use Lucas GastroTech features in more than 20 restaurants. Leuchtendroter, a trendy vegan restaurant in Frankfurt's Ostend, is also there. Participating restaurants include El Pacifico, Thai & Turf, La Cevi, Body and Soul, and Mezze & More.

Patrick Hennig, CEO and founder of luca, says: “In no German city is the density and variety of restaurants as great as in Frankfurt. There is everything here — from the traditional Äppelwoi restaurant to Japanese with a table grill to vegan specialities. I am therefore very pleased that we are now also getting started here with our GASTROTECH solution. In the last year, we have learned a lot from and with restaurateurs and are now ready to work with restaurants of all types with a wide variety of cash register systems. With our offer, we want to make catering teams winners in digitization and help them get on equal footing with the big tech companies. Unfortunately, large tech companies and delivery services today often know restaurant guests and their preferences better than the restaurants themselves. That must not be the case. The relationship with guests belongs in the hands of restaurant operators. ”

“Digitalization is progressing and it is time for restaurants to finally have access to modern and secure digital systems that make our lives easier. Because as restaurateurs, we want to take care of the well-being of our guests and not deal with bureaucracy and billing madness. luca helps enormously with this. The payment process is faster and smoother because the service team is no longer dependent on unreliable card terminals, which are also expensive. The tip is also immediately recorded correctly and all processes can be easily checked in the app. Even more important for us: The payment process should not cost our guests any nerves, but be just as relaxed as what it is actually about — a visit to a restaurant that focuses on the needs of the guest,” says Lukas Dickmann, Managing Partner of LEUCHTENDROTER GmbH from Frankfurt am Main.

luca digitizes and bundles processes in everyday restaurant life and provides restaurateurs and guests with a seamless restaurant experience. This allows catering teams to concentrate on what really counts: their guests and good food. All LUCA functions were developed, tested and optimised over the last year in collaboration with participating Berlin restaurants. Guests and service benefit equally from this. Since the start of the payment function, more than 200,000 payments have been made via the luca app. In the next few months, Luca wants to integrate new functions into the system, expand the existing restaurant network and launch it in other cities.

Interested restaurateurs can here register.

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